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japanese earthquake not populated at 9.0. rescued
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stranded residents by boat. sendai, holmes and the cars destroyed by the massive marble water. response has been a worldwide, more than $23 million donated by monday. foreign governments as well as the united states delivering supplies. challenges for japan also economic. government pumping in $183 million into the financial system. white house expressed confidence in japan's ability to handle a financial aftermath. "we are getting ready to assist the japanese, our friends and allies, in any way we can. " damaged of nuclear reactor complex continue to cost concerns after cooling problems all-out nuclear fuel rods to generate radioactive steam which officials have been trying to control. reactor has now entered the stage where it is being
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cooled. struggling to find basic necessities. called a " for the first time in four days, drug store by my house had bread. " temperatures expected to drop below freezing their big. >> stories of courage and endurance days after the disaster. sharing a story. making contact with loved ones for the first time. >> people, and american teaching and the japan, ready to come home. made contact with his mother for the first time, horror film. wants out. "no idea how nice it is to hear your voice." mother's fears put to rest. finally connecting.
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pictures playing over and over again, no comfort when they have yet to hear his voice. "giant hotel looked like it would fall down. people could not stand up." rescuers still out looking for people, food water supplies low, care for injured and homeless. makeshift the database filled with names and contact information. closer to home, passengers arriving from tokyo in the chicago o'hare airport, a story to tell. first of the earthquake, then the tsunami, not nuclear threat. total disaster three times over, called a " people are raiding stores and having a hard time finding food pyramid that is
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probably the fourth disaster. " great stories of community. people lending a helping hand, perfect strangers sharing food and water in places with scarce supplies. culture or the nature? death toll continues to rise, until, nobody knows how large the number will be. >> another explosion destroyed the outer shell of a reactor, at the earthquake damage fukushima no. 1 plant their bid last after the pumping of the sea water stalled exposing fuel rods to the air and increasing the risk of radiation exposure to the air. "when the earthquake hit, the first safety peoplsystem was activated. control rods rose
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into the reactor to stop the nuclear reactor stop operating. the fuel rods were still hot, water should have been circulating to cool them down, however, this did not happen because of a power outage right after the earthquake. so the second safety system turned off permit on. deziel of emergency power generator. spread the rods with coolant. an hour later, something unexpected. without warning, an emergency generator stopped. a round this time, a tsunami, possibly as high as 10 m hit the power plant purveyed experts think this is what caused the generator to fail. now, the third save the system started operating. it converted steve traveling through the pipes and water. it cool to the bronze. but, the water level
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went down a bit and the temperature continued to rise all three safety measures failed. the problems that the earthquake caused at japan nuclear facilities has leaders around the world examining their nuclear programs. illinois power plant. >> a question asked when tragedy strikes, could it happen here? as it turns out, eerie parallels to illinois. watching the drama played out in japan, concerned in our state over the reactors. vintage and to their tight, of the six nuclear reactors and illinois, for our around the same age as those currently out of control in japan. the same company, general electric's. wgn news toward one of them in 1984. a sister plant of the nuclear
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operation in the fukushima in danger of melting down. twin nuclear plants also same design, many experts quick to point out, not in the design and this time, but circumstances. devastating impact of the fourth biggest earthquake in recorded history. still, travelers are arriving at o'hare from tokyo not convinced that there are getting the full story from the japanese government about the nuclear risk "very little information. " of a " weaker lots about the reactors, we did not hear about the swimming pools also on site, have accumulated all of the previous used fuel that is no longer useful to produce electricity. " in other words, nuclear waste, nearly 2,000 t per bid illinois remembers well what happened a few years ago when contaminated
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water escaped from three of epsilon nuclear plants. state senators in town on other business, telling reporters that are watching closely what could be an important wake-up call for an entire industry. all the " i do not think we should have a knee-jerk reaction because the energy independence of the united states is critical" "what we are more to do in terms of the safe storage of the waste, i believe nuclear power is part of the future. " nuclear energy watchdog group in illinois, says we need to rethink the alliance of their power. other sources of safe electricity permitted countries around the globe indicating that perhaps the nuclear renaissance is itself melting down. >> you can find complete coverage on our web site
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great lakes regional tax for fugitive hunters are looking for tonight. >> been on the run for the last two years since the shooting. police say family and friends, even associates covering for him right now. tonight they hope that you could leave him to the fugitive. the fugitive hunters searching for this guy, 26 year- old by the nickname big d. "kept a low profile, we believe back in the area." on the run since august of last year accused of shooting someone in the chest in 2008, over a $50 a drug debt. of a " victim opened the door, through the course of argument, came to the door and shot the victim. " now wanted for the attempted murder. hometown guy,
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really hard to get a handle on where he may be hiding out. alba " he grew up in hardy, dalton, that entire corridor, a lot of people to run to. a lot of people that will give him a bed room. a lot of people willing to give him rest do. " future the punters think he keeps his associates close, two of them including his little brother, picked up by agents in the last few weeks permit "if you have given us information that we have followed up body, we feel we have been close located him their bid but everybody is for the most part being closed lift. " they know that his past with drugs and guns may be what is keeping someone out there from making the call with information. "probably more dangerous at this time, because he does not know when the police are coming for him permit he does not know the next person to
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violence continues in libya. gaddafi forces went up pressure on rebels. opposition fighters fought back to the last rebel. rebel leaders calling the move tactical retreat. government appears intent on giving back all territory lost. meanwhile, u.n. security council meeting today. urging council to impose a no-fly zone. over libya. incenses not yet been reached. another motorist had a more pressing issue after this traffic stop. "he just pulled up
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behind me, he said that he needed a car max. carmax. corner of lockwood and archer," cancel the officer firt time around for childbirth. he called intense. both mother and child checked out fine at the hospital. how high the temperatures will go, next permit some rain heading our way. [ asst mgr ] what are you doing? fixing the name. it's fiber none. looks like one. well, i know. i put an "n" there. ah! fiber one honey clusters cereal! that's really good!
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explosion at fukushima nuclear plant. radiation has increased. >> increased to levels that can impact human health and anyone within a 30 km radius now being told to stay indoors more and more serious in japan. >> forecastbad news. storm
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sweeping through tonight, bringing air in, snow on way. after cold rain and 30 mph wind. 20s at night. what a mess. last thing they need, with power problems, it is to say the least, a greay evning in chicago. clouds on way, rain. from all indications, watching the clouds carefully. 9inches of snow to our south. this area right here to the south, snowing across missouri and kansas. this weather system bringing it's way
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north eastward. we start to warm up later in week. temperatures 30s near the lake. mr. easterly winds will turn south letter in the week. 32 at o'hare, 29 in mchenry. all stations ne wind. look at snow in kansas on ground, starting to melt, but pretty chilly. st. louis, almost 2 in of snow. we are doing pretty well. temperatures across midwest. wind chill readings, there.
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weather bug camera. rain system down south. thunderstorms earlier today. snow extends westward. energy, redeveloping swing north east. to the south and west of us today. 43 afternoon temperature. they will be fun tow atch. expecting readings in 30s tonight, tomorrow hard pressed to get out of 40s. getting good on wednesday. 50s expected. thursday afternoon, forecast
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into the 60s, close to 70. warmest since back in november. rain, pressing at our doorstep by morning. heaviest rain, blue areas. just being swiped by this system but worthy of mention. 56 warmest temp so far on 17th. we expect 55 on wednesday. for st. patrick's day. closer look at how closely organized rain will get. mid day
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period tomorrow. patches will develop in our area giving us pretty miserable afternoon but not driving rain, light amounts. winds off the lake. again tomorrow, then we get southerly winds, flow up from gulf of mexico. winds strong enough to overcome. st. patrick's day, 64 degrees. here you can cool air still in control tomorrow, 60s on thursday. 50s on friday possible too. monday
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of next week, warming up. last week in march, we may have chilly week around chicago. scattered clouds, low temperatures, winds east/northeast stren gthening as the day goes on. sprinkles, light rain from south. high tomorrow, 42, cooler at lake. clouds few evening sprinkles, partly cloudy 32 tomorrow night.
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it stuffed in her private area donna bruce amherst county courthouse, and should her daughter. daughter called her, a seven week old out of her bra, all the " it is like a baby, you cannot lead a baby at home, they see as an animal that you could leave the home. " dressed up for work for house appearance. how much a minute past the metal detector, the ruma the security i said she was, stories tomorrow chicagotribune.com did robert morris university, taking heat by dance team in competition, straight jackets, find out
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personal show on the road. no details. donate 1 dollar to relief efforts in japan. back with 7 day forecast. >>so much going on. how nice to be back w2itwith you guys. 3rd consecutive year, st. patrick's day warm. winds will turn in off the lake. low 40s tomorrow, pushing arctic air farther north, high temperature map. 82 pheonix cold air pulls out. warmr
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later in week. humidity, 85%. water temp pushing higher. winds strongest. 25-30 mph gusts. by morning. st. patrick's day, watched in exports, sunday and monday. reestablish a big band of southerly winds. what it looks like in graphic form, 42 degrees tomorrow. clouds and what light rain the afternoon.
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55 degrees on wednesday, 64 degrees for st. patrick's day on thursday. 53 degrees early thursday and perhaps again thursday night, more likely on friday. wind turned the southeast. that should begin to warm us back up to the '60s again. getting there on the right trajectory. >> construction downtown great trouble headache. plus high school students shed hair for cancer research. photos of the day. not difficult getting out, confusion, scared of situation in general. we ran out the back
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unkind. yeah, getting better. big night at united center. think about it , it is. san jose, hawks dominated sharks last year. 2-1 after 1st period. then came 2nd. 2-2. housa, 3-2 hawks. more coming. up ahead to captain, 4-2. 5-3 when 5 goal second, ties club record, 4 assists up to 4th in western conference. bulls had really good practice. boozer day to
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weekend sweep. boston lost tonight, caught bulls. bulls now tied in 1st. "for us, important thing is what we think. what the team thinks, what the coaches think, our approach does not change. if we do that, we will be fine. " if any of the in-state teams are going to make a run in the ncaa tournament, probably women of depaul. sitting pretty, selection monday festivities.
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27-6 including victory over stanford. #3 seed in philadelphia region. highest in school history. more amped up when they play saturday afternoon. 14th seed navy opening game 12:30 central time. uconn top dog in region, depaul has ability to make long tournament run. " this is a team, we have been 4 times, i think a move is on our minds of our team." "we have been here before in 1st round, something we are pushing to do." loyola
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coach, nfl players association trying to get college players to boycott next draft. shaking and bats against san diego. three white sox home runs as p as peavy, 3rd start good until 4th, ran out of gas. 7-6 padres. cub in arizona, to take on mariners. into the gap in left- center. also liked what they saw from matt garza. 1 run, mariners won 5-3. bulls back on court
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